Guillermo Mena

Natural catastrophes, environmental phenomena, storms and landslides make up a dystopian and poetic imagery that runs through my artistic practice.
Through images, actions and gestures I connect fragments of personal experiences with these events in a personal and wandering journey. This path is built through constant displacement and distance, stopping for a short period of time at different posts that make up a volatile map or territory. Each instance of inhabiting implies specific actions, a fundamental procedure adapted to new methods and techniques.

I work with traditional tools such as drawing and photography but also in conjunction with new technologies such as digital animation and video to show changes in atmospheric states and phenomena, exploring possibilities that expand as I experiment with new media. supports and places.

Drawing, in its expanded version, allows me to explore the possibilities of each space in which I move and adapt, tensing the dichotomy between static and movement, attachment and detachment, and home and uprooting. It is in this way that my practice manifests itself in ephemeral site-specific interventions, each process eroding and transforming both my practice and myself.